I mean, it's just beautiful. Singularly the most impressive RPG campaign I've ever experienced. It seems vague and impenetrable at first, and then you start playing, and you let these quests guide you (and the whole way quests work is wonderful just fyi) and you have "oh!" moment after "oh!" moment. It just flows. A work of art, honestly. A work of art about silly anime teenagers, but there's nothing wrong with that.

The Glass-Maker's Dragon, along with its system, simply put, chaged my worldview on RPGs as a whole. I cannot stress enough how much I love this campaign's premise, its setting, and most of all, its characters.

Before Chuubo's, I was leery about using premades. Most pre-rolled characters I'd come across in the past had been almost entirely blank slates, or just the opposite-- coming with a whole story of their own, but not being interesting enough to hold my attention. The eight major characters and their playbooks included in The Glass-Maker's Dragon are without a doubt some of the most fun personalities I've read in all of literature, let alone in the narrow realm of pre-rolled tabletop RPGs. From Leonardo de Montreal's over-the-top histrionics to Seizhi Schwan's deeply relatable anxieties about having a purpose to fulfill (or a lack thereof), the characters are really what make this campaign what it is: a truly unforgettable experience.

tl;dr: title promises dragons, delivers an interactive heartfelt coming-of-age narrative (and dragons). Thank you for this absolute gift of a campaign, Dr. Moran. To everyone waffling on whether they want to try this premade campaign: do it! I promise you won't regret it!

Let these characters take you on a journey with them.

A supplement for the Chuubu roleplaying game. A good value for money.